Question

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Answer 1

The given expression is:

`(x-2)(x+4)`

It is required to simplify the product using the distributive property.

Apply the distributive property to the product:

`(x-2)(x+4)=x(x+4)-2(x+4)`

Apply the distributive property again to simplify the expression on the right:

`\begin{gathered} x(x+4)-2(x+4)=x\cdot x+x\cdot4+(-2)\cdot x+(-2)\cdot4 \\ =x^2+4x-2x-8 \\ =x^2+2x-8 \end{gathered}`

The answer is x²+2x-8.